Rick Bragg Quotes
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People who think there is something pedestrian about journalism are just ignorant.
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It is not unusual to send someone to conduct an interview you don't have time to conduct. It's what we do.
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Most national correspondents will tell you they rely on stringers and researchers and interns and clerks and news assistants.
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There are these boutique writers out there who think if they are not writing their novels sitting at a bistro with their laptops, then they're not real writers. That's ridiculous.
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I have dictated stories from an airport after writing the story out in longhand on the plane that I got from phone interviews and then was applauded by editors for 'working magic.'
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The best writers who have put pen to paper have often had a journalism background.
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I don't think there's a difference between writing for a newspaper or magazine and doing a chapter in a book.